| Description |
331 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I Abortion: The Moral Debate -- Perspectives on Church Teacing -- Testimony in Support of the Hatch Amendments -- A Traditional Catholic's View -- A Liberal Catholic's View -- The Tradition of Probabilism and the Moral Status of the Early Embryo -- Abortion, Autonomy, and Community -- Feminist Approaches -- Personhood, Covenant, and Abortion -- Abortion and Moral Consensus: Beyond Solomon's Choice -- Abortion and the Sexual Agenda: A Case for Prolife Feminism -- Abortion and Organ Donation: Christian Reflections on Bodily Life Support -- Virtue, Providence, and the Endangered Self: Some Religious Dimensions of the Abortion Debate -- Part II Abortion: The Political Debate -- Religion, Morality, and Public Policy -- Abortion: A Challenge for Ethics and Public Policy -- Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective -- The Fetus and Fundamental RIghts -- Thou Shalt Not Speak -- From Theory to Practice in the Public-Policy Realm -- Prudence, Politics, and the Abortion Issue -- Part III Abortion: The Ecclesial Debate -- A Seamless Garment -- A Seamless Garment in a Sinful World -- To Make a Seamless Garment, Use a Single Piece of Cloth -- Dissent in the Church -- Bishops, Theologians, and Morality -- Public Dissent in the Church -- Catholics and Abortion: Authority vs. Dissent |
| Analysis |
Abortion - Religious aspects - Catholic Church |
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Abortion - United States - Public opinion |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 327-329 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 327-329 |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Abortion -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion -- United States.
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| Author |
Jung, Patricia Beattie.
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Shannon, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1940-
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| LC no. |
88000362 |
| ISBN |
082450884X |
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